Stopcock or valve



0st. 23, B923, lWZS B. BUTLER ET AL STOPCOCK OR VALVE.

Filed Nov. 26. 1921 FICH?.

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BENJAMIN BUTLER AND "WLFBED saveur BTLEE, 0F DUKINFELD, ENGLAND.

STOPCOCK OR VALVE.

Application filed November To all whom t may concor-a Be it `known that we, BENJAMIN BUTLER and VILFRED BUTLER, subjects of the King` of Great Britain and ireland, residino' at Borough Brace and lronworks, Dukinneld, in the county of Chester, England, have invented new and useful improvements in or Connected with btopcoclzs or Valves, of which the following is a specification.

This i vention relates to improvements in or connected with stop cocks or valves and in particular to the class ol" valve forming the subject matter of our United States of America. Patent No. 1,370,875.

The object-.of the pres-ent improvements is to provide a flange locking arrangement tor the nut which screws on the upper part of casting` which guides the movable barrel, and which nut holds down the rotatable valve spindle with screw thread engaging the movable barrel. rilhis flange locking arrangement also provides for a ne adjustl ment oi the nut and consequently oivthe rotatable spindle, and, said adjustment can be definite or known, and any adjustment can be secured by the application ot a split pin, a screw, or even a locking; device.

The attached drawing; illustrates our improvements in stop cocks or valves, and, in said drawing:

Fig. l is a vertical section of a stop cock or valve embodying our flange locking arrangement.

Fig. 2 is a plan of the main nut which screws down on the upper casting forming part of the main body of the valve.

Fig. 3 shows a broken plan of the upper casting above mentioned.

Fig. 4l shows in elevation the main nut and part of the upper casting, the latter being of slightly different design in so far as it indicates a bolted-on flange.

Fig. 5 indicates a form of lock device for locking the flanges.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the main nut disposed over the bored flange on the upper casting which forms one half or part of the body of the valve.

In carrying our invention into effect we fashion the upper portion of valve body or casting casting Z) with a flange a. This casting a effectively ,guides and supports the movable barrel o in the example illustrated, and receives the collar d on the rotatable spindle d, the castingbeing1 externally threaded for a which screws onto the main body 26, i921. serial No. 517,897.

reception of the rotatable nut e. The flange a is drilled to produce say seven vertical holes a2 which are concentrically disposed with respect to the vertical axis of the valve, the said holes being equi-distant one from another. rlfhe rotatable spindle CZ has a lower screwed extremity Z2 to engage the movable barrel o, and is also formed with the above-mentioned collar d, the upper part of' the spindle being plain, save for provision to attach the usual hand-wheel or the like. On the spindle d fits a libre or other conipressed ring or a packing g on which may bear a phosphonbronze or other ring g', or it might be a ball-bearing device, upon which in turn bears a sleeve ,t with upper collar or ruff, the top and bottom o't which may be rounded to reduce friction. Instead of a rollar, a groove or recess may be fashioned in the sleeve. Any other suitable provision may be made for packing the spindle CZ.

The nut e has a lower flange c or a collar formed with it, and such flange e is drilled to produce say siX holes c2 concentrically disposed and movable over the holes a2 in the flange o on the upper portion of valve body or casting a. Such nut e is internally threaded and bored to iit the rotatable spindle d. Thus, the said nut e can screw onto the thread on the upper portion of valve body or casting a and can bring pressure to bear on the collar d through whatever intermediate devices are used to hold the spindle down and act on the packingdevices surrounding; said spindle.

By adjusting: the nut e by screwing same down. the rotatable spindle Z is acted upon (without rotating same) to any desired eX- tent. lhen any two holes o2 and e2 coincide in the two fianges a and c, the adxinstrument can be fired by passing split-pin such as e' through the twoflanges a', e. A screw, or a locking appliance might be usedv for this purpose. The Fig. 5 indicates a locking appliance marked i".

Should additional adjustment be necessary it is only requisite to remove the split pin z', and to rotate the nut e until two other holes a2 e2 coincide, as required, and to re-apply the split pin or the like. Thus, a definite and known adjustment is obtainable by fractional rotation of the main nut. The rotary spindle holding (and packing adjusting) means provided in the form of nut and flange are also extremely strong and of neat appearance.

Further the flange inter-connecting means constitute a visible lock between the edges of the tWo provided anges.

We declare that whatwe claim is:

l. In stop cocks or valves, a main'body portion, an upper body portion, a flange on said upper body portion having spaced apertures therein, said upper body portion having an exteriorly threaded extension, an interior annular shoulder at the base of said extension, a threaded locking nut adapted to engagesaid'extension and having a flange provided With spaced apertures adapted to register with the apertures in the flange of the upper body portion, a valve actuating spindleextcnding into the upper body portion, packing devices about the spindle Within said extension, said nut being adapted to act onv the packing devices7 and engaging means for interconnecting the registering apertures in the flanges of the nut and body.

2. A stop cock or valve, comprising a main l body portion7 an upper body portion and means to connect the two, a flange on the upper body portion having spaced apertures therein, a threaded sleeve on the upper body portion, an interior annular shoulder at the base of said sleeve, a looking nut having an extension at its inner end, said extension havingv a bored aperture, a screwthread on said looking nut for cooperating WithV the thread on the sleeve, a valve actuating spindle extending into theY body portion and havingr a collar thereonresting on said annular shoulder, packing means surrounding Vthe spindle above the collar and acted 0nV tion, means 'for' connecting said body por-V tions together, said upper body portion having an aperture-d extension and a threaded sleeve,` an interior annular shoulder at the base of said threaded sleeve, a' locking nut having an apertured flangeat the base thereof, the apertures of said extension and flange being adaptedto be brought into register, said locking nut Vbeing threaded for engagement with said sleeve, a valve lactuating spindle extending in'to the upper body portion, packing means about said spindle within said sleeve and disposed in position to be acted on by said locking nut, and de-` tachable means for engaging registering apertures in-the extension and flange.

In testimony whereof We have signed our y names toV this specification. f

BENJAMIN BUTLER. VILFRED BUTLER. 

